The aim of this study was investigate relations between social skills and acceptance-rejection in college students. 126 college students attending at physical education course from a university of the interior of the state of São Paulo were studied. The social skills assessment was taken by the Inventário de Habilidades Sociais (IHS) and the sociometric measure was related to the rejection or acceptation of the students by their peers in the studying and go out situations. Among the results, the acceptance in both situations was not explained by any of the social skills measures to men. To the women, in both situations acceptance were explained by the self-exposition to stranger's measure. This research clarifies some of the social behaviors that can be used in social skills training with men and women to avoid its rejection in the group and maximizes the acceptance.
sociometry; social skills; validity evidence
